Country: NetherlandsFrom today| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Saturday 25-May-13 02:15pm |
 Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamNetherlands Radio Philharmonic |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 25-May-13 02:15pm Netherlands Radio Philharmonic | ||
| Saturday 25-May-13 09:00pm |
Sint-Bartholomaeuskerk Church, Beek-Ubbergen Sweelinck |
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| Sint-Bartholomaeuskerk Church, Beek-Ubbergen, Kerkberg, Beek-Ubbergen, Netherlands Saturday 25-May-13 09:00pm Sweelinck Image credit: Annelies van der Vegt | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Calefax: Grieg and Mendelssohn |
Rameau, Nouvelle Suites (arr. R Hekkema) Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op.26 (arr. J Althuis) Grieg, Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op.40 (arr R Hekkema) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am Calefax: Grieg and Mendelssohn Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), Nouvelle Suites (arr. R Hekkema) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847), Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op.26 (arr. J Althuis) Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op.40 (arr R Hekkema) | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am |
Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague ROndje Wereldorkest [AROund the world with the orchestra] |
Works by Dvořák (several pieces of Dvorak) Works by Bach J.S. (Several pieces of Bach) |
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| Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Spuiplein 150, The Hague 2511, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 11:00am ROndje Wereldorkest [AROund the world with the orchestra] In this performance, ten musicians from the Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic discover that their instruments have sisters and brothers all over the world, and that they’re all on the menu at the Residentie Restaurant. The waiter will serve a Chinese guzheng under the warm light of an alpenhorn lamp, and with the Indian items, you’ll have to blow hard to keep the snakes charmed! This humorous performance has surprising tastes from all over the world, brought together in a set meal of sounds.
Suitable for ages 6+ Works by Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) (several pieces of Dvorak) Works by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) (Several pieces of Bach) | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 01:30pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 01:45pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (in concert) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 01:45pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Marco Borggreve | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm |
Remonstrantse Kerk, Groningen The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! |
Programme not known Dutch National Opera Academy |
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| Remonstrantse Kerk, Groningen, Coehoornsingel 14, Groningen 9711 BS, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 03:00pm The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! Programme not known | ||
| Sunday 26-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Jonathan Biss: Schumann and Janacek |
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path (selections from) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 26-May-13 08:15pm Jonathan Biss: Schumann and Janacek Image credit: Benjamin Ealovega Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928), On an Overgrown Path (selections from) | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 30-May-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Jonas Sacks Channel Classics | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 08:15pm |
Vondelkerk, Amsterdam The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! |
Programme not known Dutch National Opera Academy |
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| Vondelkerk, Amsterdam, Vondelstraat 120d, Amsterdam 1054 GS, Netherlands Thursday 30-May-13 08:15pm The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! Programme not known | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam La Traviata |
De Nederlandse Opera Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Giuliano Carella, Conductor Willy Decker, Director Marina Poplavskaya, Soprano: Violetta Valéry Karin Strobos, Mezzo-soprano: Flora Bervoix Ismael Jordi, Tenor: Alfredo Germont Dimitris Tiliakos, Baritone: Giorgio Germont Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Koor van De Nederlandse Opera | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Jonas Sacks Channel Classics | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm |
Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht Netherlands Radio Philharmonic |
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| Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, J.C. Verthorenpad 100, Utrecht 3541 MV, Netherlands Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm Netherlands Radio Philharmonic | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam The Kuijken Brothers and Rameau |
Programme to include: Works by Couperin Works by Marais Works by Hotteterre Works by Rameau Works by Leclair |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm The Kuijken Brothers and Rameau Programme to include: Works by Couperin, François (1668-1733) Works by Marais, Marin (1656-1728) Works by Hotteterre, Jacques (1673-1763) Works by Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764) Works by Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764) | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm |
Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic featuring Rufus Wainwright |
Works by Wainwright |
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| Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Spuiplein 150, The Hague 2511, Netherlands Friday 31-May-13 08:15pm Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic featuring Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright, who Elton John called ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’, is coming to The Hague! The world-famous singer-songwriter will perform for the very first time in the Dr Anton Philipszaal with the Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic. Since his debut in 1998, the son of legendary folksingers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McCarrigle has developed his own characteristic style, working in rock, opera, theatre, dance and film. His albums have won many awards. In The Hague, Rufus will present excerpts from his first opera ‘Prima Donna’ (2009) and much more including of course a few of his greatest hits.
Note: ticket sales for this concert will start on 12 May 2012. Works by Wainwright, Rufus | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic featuring Rufus Wainwright |
Works by Wainwright |
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| Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Spuiplein 150, The Hague 2511, Netherlands Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:15pm Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic featuring Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright, who Elton John called ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’, is coming to The Hague! The world-famous singer-songwriter will perform for the very first time in the Dr Anton Philipszaal with the Residentie Orkest/The Hague Philharmonic. Since his debut in 1998, the son of legendary folksingers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McCarrigle has developed his own characteristic style, working in rock, opera, theatre, dance and film. His albums have won many awards. In The Hague, Rufus will present excerpts from his first opera ‘Prima Donna’ (2009) and much more including of course a few of his greatest hits.
Note: ticket sales for this concert will start on 12 May 2012. Works by Wainwright, Rufus | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam Quartett Holland Festival |
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont |
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| Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam, Klönneplein 1, Amsterdam 1014 BE, Netherlands Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:30pm Innovative opera based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses. After Quartett by Heiner Müller.
The Holland Festival 2013 opens with a tale of love, intrigue, heartbreak and torment. Based on Heiner Müller’s stage version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, composer Luca Francesconi wrote an opera which had its world premiere in 2011 at Milan’s La Scala Theatre with a spectacular staging by Àlex Ollé.
On a stage that symbolises their emotional prison, Valmont and Merteuil fight their bitter, violent battles, a vocal duel interspersed with orchestral dreams of what could have been, but never will be. After all, the two former lovers not only play a deadly game with the hearts of others, with their cynical machinations they ultimately also condemn their own chances of happiness to failure.Co-production between Teatro alla Scala and Wiener Festwochen with IRCAM Paris.In English with Dutch surtitles. Running time 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval.Tickets €45/35/25 with students/CJP €17.50 for all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 11:00am |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam The Metropolitan Orchestra plays Duke Ellington |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 11:00am The Metropolitan Orchestra plays Duke Ellington Programme not known | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:30pm |
Sint Janskerk, Maastricht The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! |
Programme not known Dutch National Opera Academy |
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| Sint Janskerk, Maastricht, Vrijthof 24, Maastricht 6211 LE, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:30pm The Young Opera per Tutti! voor iedereen! Programme not known | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam LA Dance Project |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm LA Dance Project He was an award-winning dancer and choreographer with the prestigious New York City Ballet. He created the choreography for the Oscar winning psychological thriller Black Swan. But Benjamin Millepied likes a new challenge, and has moved to Los Angeles to set up L.A. Dance Project. It’s not a dance company in the traditional sense of the word, but more of an artists’ collective. Within this collective, Millepied is looking for collaborations with other art forms, with a view to moving into new frontiers of dance.
At the Holland Festival, L.A. Dance Project will present a programme with Merce Cunningham’s radical piece Winterbranch, William Forsythe’s Quintett, which is seldom performed, and Reflections, a new piece by Millepied himself.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes including one interval. Tickets €32.50 - 20, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam Quartett Holland Festival |
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont |
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| Westergasfabriek: Gashouder, Amsterdam, Klönneplein 1, Amsterdam 1014 BE, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm Innovative opera based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses. After Quartett by Heiner Müller.
The Holland Festival 2013 opens with a tale of love, intrigue, heartbreak and torment. Based on Heiner Müller’s stage version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, composer Luca Francesconi wrote an opera which had its world premiere in 2011 at Milan’s La Scala Theatre with a spectacular staging by Àlex Ollé.
On a stage that symbolises their emotional prison, Valmont and Merteuil fight their bitter, violent battles, a vocal duel interspersed with orchestral dreams of what could have been, but never will be. After all, the two former lovers not only play a deadly game with the hearts of others, with their cynical machinations they ultimately also condemn their own chances of happiness to failure.Co-production between Teatro alla Scala and Wiener Festwochen with IRCAM Paris.In English with Dutch surtitles. Running time 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval.Tickets €45/35/25 with students/CJP €17.50 for all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Susanna Mälkki, Conductor Ensemble da camera dell'Accademia, Teatro alla Scala Allison Cook, Mezzo-soprano: Marquise de Merteuil Robin Adams, Baritone: Vicomte de Valmont | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam El Gusto - Casbah Blues Holland Festival |
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| Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Amstel 115-125, Amsterdam 1018 EM, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm El Gusto - Casbah Blues In their younger years, the musicians of the chaabi orchestra El Gusto enjoyed great fame in the Casbah, the traditional quarter clustered around the citadel of Algiers. Side by side Jews and Muslims, Africans and Europeans played and sung their traditional songs about love, heartbreak, friendship and betrayal. That is until the Algerian revolution drove them apart. Now these musicians are all in their seventies and eighties, but they still have a great passion for the chaabi, entrancing folk music with influences from North Africa, Andalusia and the Middle-East. The musicians were gathered together from all parts of the world for a historical reunion, proving that music has no age limit. For they still play their instruments as if they were dancing with a beautiful woman, and still their deep-rooted songs ‘make you forget hunger, thirst or grief’.Tickets €35/20, students/CJO €17.50 all categories. Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no internval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam An English Version of Britten's Spring Symphony |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:15pm An English Version of Britten's Spring Symphony Image credit: Simon Butterworth | ||
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Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta |
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:15pm The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta Image credit: Marco Borggreve Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam LA Dance Project |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm LA Dance Project He was an award-winning dancer and choreographer with the prestigious New York City Ballet. He created the choreography for the Oscar winning psychological thriller Black Swan. But Benjamin Millepied likes a new challenge, and has moved to Los Angeles to set up L.A. Dance Project. It’s not a dance company in the traditional sense of the word, but more of an artists’ collective. Within this collective, Millepied is looking for collaborations with other art forms, with a view to moving into new frontiers of dance.
At the Holland Festival, L.A. Dance Project will present a programme with Merce Cunningham’s radical piece Winterbranch, William Forsythe’s Quintett, which is seldom performed, and Reflections, a new piece by Millepied himself.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes including one interval. Tickets €32.50 - 20, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 4-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 4-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Benzecry, Rituales Amerindios (Illapa) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Richard Reinsdorf | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta |
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:15pm The Skride Sisters Duel with Sol Gabetta Image credit: Marco Borggreve Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8 (1889 version) | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Bimhuis, Amsterdam Hildur Guðnadóttir Holland Festival |
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| Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 3, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 5-Jun-13 08:30pm Hildur Guðnadóttir If you happen to come across a cello with a whole array of pedals and other electronic gadgets, chances are the owner is Hildur Guðnadóttir, an Icelandic cello player and singer who has been manifesting herself at the forefront of experimental pop and contemporary music (e.g with the band múm). In her solo work she draws out a broad spectrum of sounds from her instrument, ranging from intimate simplicity to huge soundscapes. At the Bimhuis, Guðnadóttir will play two works on newly developed electric cellos: one utilising feedback and one which is connected to wooden sculptures causing them to vibrate along with the music. The main piece she will be playing is the title work of her latest album Leyfðu ljosinu; a multi-layered, hypnotic sound construction consisting of vocals and cello, which gradually swells to massive proportions.
Tickets €19, students/CJO €15 all categories. Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Benzecry, Rituales Amerindios (Illapa) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:15pm Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Image credit: Richard Reinsdorf | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam For Bunita Marcus Holland Festival |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Thursday 6-Jun-13 08:30pm For Bunita Marcus The music of the American composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is a paragon of understatement. His compositions are characterised by a deceptive emptiness and daringly sparse instrumentations. Feldman wrote this piano work for composer Bunita Marcus, who was inseparable as his artistic companion in the last years of his life. The score plays a complex and elongated game with different, overlapping time signatures and metres. By creating a scarcity of events, Feldman manages to exert a hypnotic influence on the listener. Hardly anything happens and at the same time a lot happens, and thereby his music touches on the mysteries of time itself. It’s mystical stuff that could not be in any better hands than Reinbert de Leeuw’s, who is a master of tension and focus..Tickets €22, students/CJO €17.50 all categories. Running time 1 hour 15 minutes, no interval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 7-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Friday 7-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 01:30pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam The Gospel according to the other Mary Holland Festival |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 8-Jun-13 01:30pm The Gospel according to the other Mary John Adams has proven in his past work that he is not one to shun big themes. Famous for being the composer who added depth to the minimal music of Steve Reich and Philip Glass by allowing romantic gestures and modern techniques, he has dealt with political issues such as terrorism, 9/11, the atomic bomb and the Los Angeles riots. Now Adams is taking the challenge to delve into the greatest story of Western history. He created a
modern passion, centring not on Jesus, but on Mary Magdalene. Through her eyes we witness the suffering of the world and the compassion of man. A poignant and captivating modern passion for our current dark times. Los Angeles première 31st May 2012.
Tickets €33, students/CJO €28.80 all categories. Running time 2 hour 35 minutes, one interval. | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 05:00pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Nine Rivers Holland Festival |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Saturday 8-Jun-13 05:00pm Nine Rivers Marathon implementation of the magnum opus of the Scottish composer James Dillon, a unique experience.
Three of The Netherlands’ most outstanding ensembles join the virtuoso American percussionist and conductor Steven Schick for a marathon performance of Scottish composer James Dillon’s masterpiece Nine Rivers. This vast, ambitious work consists of nine parts for varying instrumentations, ranging from solo percussion and a cappella choir to strings and electronics. The piece focuses on the river as a metaphor for time and memory, while also playing games with the memory of the audience.
Dillon was inspired to write Nine Rivers by Rimbaud’s Le Bateau Ivre. Just as the boat in this famous poem crashes through the river towards the ocean, Dillon’s music moves from weightless hyperactivity through bleak horror to Wagnerian grandeur in a long, continuous, ever evolving ritual.
Tickets €30 - 22.50, students/CJP €17.50 all categories. Running time 6 hours including intervals. Introduction from 4.15.Please note this concert starts at Muziekgebouw aan't IJ then moves to Bimhuis for Part II at 6.30 - 7.30 and 8 - 9pm. The concert then returns to the Muziekgebouw aan't IJ for Part III.Dinner:
Between 6 and 7.30 pm, and between 8 and 9.30 pm you can enjoy a dinner in restaurant Zouthaven. You can book your dinner with your tickets.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam Anniversary Concert with Pressler and Belcea Quartet |
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| Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Saturday 8-Jun-13 08:15pm Anniversary Concert with Pressler and Belcea Quartet Image credit: Evy Ottermans | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam Sunken Garden Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 9-Jun-13 03:00pm The first 3D-opera Sunken Garden by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa. A Holland Festival-production with international partners.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam El Djoudour (the Roots) Holland Festival |
Grupo de Rua de Niterói |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 9-Jun-13 08:30pm Following the tremendous success of Nya (Holland Festival 2011) the French-Algerian choreographer Abou Lagraa returns with El Djoudour. In his latest work, Lagraa shares his view on the essence of Islamic culture – how the traditions, practices and rituals are rooted in the core values of Islam: generosity and brotherhood. He was inspired by the eastern rituals concerning the three elements of purity, origin and spirituality. Through dance he examines the scope of freedom of the individual physical body within culturally diverse societies.Co-production between: Grand Théâtre de Provence – Marseille Provence 2013 / Capitale Européenne de la Culture, Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Holland Festival, La Coursive, Scène nationale de La Rochelle, Le Théâtre, Scène Nationale de Narbonne.
Fourteen male and female performers dance to the live vocals of Houria Aïchi and the subtle musical arrangements of composer Olivier Innocenti.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval. Tickets €27.50 - 22.50, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 10-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
| Monday 10-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam El Djoudour (the Roots) Holland Festival |
Grupo de Rua de Niterói |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 10-Jun-13 08:30pm Following the tremendous success of Nya (Holland Festival 2011) the French-Algerian choreographer Abou Lagraa returns with El Djoudour. In his latest work, Lagraa shares his view on the essence of Islamic culture – how the traditions, practices and rituals are rooted in the core values of Islam: generosity and brotherhood. He was inspired by the eastern rituals concerning the three elements of purity, origin and spirituality. Through dance he examines the scope of freedom of the individual physical body within culturally diverse societies.Co-production between: Grand Théâtre de Provence – Marseille Provence 2013 / Capitale Européenne de la Culture, Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Holland Festival, La Coursive, Scène nationale de La Rochelle, Le Théâtre, Scène Nationale de Narbonne.
Fourteen male and female performers dance to the live vocals of Houria Aïchi and the subtle musical arrangements of composer Olivier Innocenti.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval. Tickets €27.50 - 22.50, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam El Djoudour (the Roots) Holland Festival |
Grupo de Rua de Niterói |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:30pm Following the tremendous success of Nya (Holland Festival 2011) the French-Algerian choreographer Abou Lagraa returns with El Djoudour. In his latest work, Lagraa shares his view on the essence of Islamic culture – how the traditions, practices and rituals are rooted in the core values of Islam: generosity and brotherhood. He was inspired by the eastern rituals concerning the three elements of purity, origin and spirituality. Through dance he examines the scope of freedom of the individual physical body within culturally diverse societies.Co-production between: Grand Théâtre de Provence – Marseille Provence 2013 / Capitale Européenne de la Culture, Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Holland Festival, La Coursive, Scène nationale de La Rochelle, Le Théâtre, Scène Nationale de Narbonne.
Fourteen male and female performers dance to the live vocals of Houria Aïchi and the subtle musical arrangements of composer Olivier Innocenti.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval. Tickets €27.50 - 22.50, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Desdemona Holland Festival |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Tuesday 11-Jun-13 08:30pm Desdemona Toni Morrison's response to Othello discusses racism, war and oppression.
Nobel prize laureate Toni Morrison wrote Desdemona after a discussion about Othello with the director Peter Sellars. In her text, Morrison gives a voice to Desdemona, who has a modest part in Shakespeare’s play. From the grave, the Shakespearean heroine fills in the gaps in her history through an intimate dialogue with Barbary, the African nanny who raised her.
With her mesmerising voice, award-winning Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré gives a virtuoso performance as Barbary. Traoré also wrote the music, which is performed by two musicians and two singers from Mali. As the play develops, we discover a different Desdemona, a woman of flesh and blood who speaks out about racism, war and oppression – and the transformative power of love.
Commissioned by: Wiener Festwochen, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Cal Performances, Berkeley, California, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, spielzeit’europa | Berliner Festspiele, Barbican, London, Arts Council London, London 2012 Festival
Tickets €37.50 - 27.50, students/CJO €17.50 all categories. Running time 2 hours, no interval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:15pm |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam Rolando Villazon Celebrates Verdi |
Verdi, Don Carlos (arias from) Verdi, Luisa Miller (arias from) Verdi, Jérusalem (French version of I Lombardi) (arias from) Verdi, I due Foscari (arias from) |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:15pm Rolando Villazon Celebrates Verdi Image credit: GABO Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Don Carlos (arias from) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Rigoletto (arias from) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Luisa Miller (arias from) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (arias from) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), I due Foscari (arias from) | ||
| Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Desdemona Holland Festival |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Wednesday 12-Jun-13 08:30pm Desdemona Toni Morrison's response to Othello discusses racism, war and oppression.
Nobel prize laureate Toni Morrison wrote Desdemona after a discussion about Othello with the director Peter Sellars. In her text, Morrison gives a voice to Desdemona, who has a modest part in Shakespeare’s play. From the grave, the Shakespearean heroine fills in the gaps in her history through an intimate dialogue with Barbary, the African nanny who raised her.
With her mesmerising voice, award-winning Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré gives a virtuoso performance as Barbary. Traoré also wrote the music, which is performed by two musicians and two singers from Mali. As the play develops, we discover a different Desdemona, a woman of flesh and blood who speaks out about racism, war and oppression – and the transformative power of love.
Commissioned by: Wiener Festwochen, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Cal Performances, Berkeley, California, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, spielzeit’europa | Berliner Festspiele, Barbican, London, Arts Council London, London 2012 Festival
Tickets €37.50 - 27.50, students/CJO €17.50 all categories. Running time 2 hours, no interval.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm |
Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Holland Festival |
De Nederlandse Opera Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger |
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| Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Waterlooplein 22, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thursday 13-Jun-13 05:30pm In his only comic opera, Wagner distilled poetry and music into a single unified form that unfolds as an unbroken stream of music-dramatic dialogue. It became a singspiel, partly based on personal experience, about the romance between the bourgeois girl Eva Pogner and the knight Walther von Stolzing, who may only wed his beloved once he has won the annual singing contest. The cobbler Hans Sachs represents, on the one hand, the old guard as a member of the Guild of Mastersingers; on the other hand he is open to modernization and stimulates the knight’s artistic gifts, stoking the conflict between narrow-mindedness and true artistry – a theme certainly not unfamiliar to Wagner himself. Love triumphs in the end, thanks to Sachs’ closing address in which he praises the ‘master’s honour’, a typically German honour one might view with considerable scepticism: the Meistersinger finale was, after all, misused for political purposes.Running time 5 hours 25 minutes with two intervals, in German with Dutch and English surtitles.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk Marc Albrecht, Conductor David Alden, Director Thomas Johannes Mayer, Bass: Hans Sachs Alastair Miles, Bass: Pogner Pascal Pittie, Tenor: Kunz Vogelgesang Mattijs van de Woerd, Baritone: Konrad Nachtigall Adrian Eröd, Baritone: Sixtus Beckmesser Thomas Oliemans, Baritone: Fritz Kothner Brian Galliford, Tenor: Balthasar Zorn Roberto Saccà, Tenor: Walther von Stolzing Ana Maria Martinez, Soprano: Eva Sarah Castle, Mezzo-soprano: Magdalene Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Koor van De Nederlandse Opera Marcel Beekman, Tenor: Ulrich Eisslinger | ||
